FOOTBALL: Coyle-Cassidy rolls past Southeastern

Steve Sanchez Gazette Sports Editor @Chezsports

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Nov 9, 2017 at 10:26 PMNov 9, 2017 at 10:34 PM

Warriors' five wins is the highest since the 2008 season

TAUNTON — Coyle-Cassidy’s Jackson Murray and Blake Schader each said their team’s preparation was off the charts this week.In fact, it was the best all season.Visiting Southeastern got a good taste of that on Thursday.“We had a lot of energy, bouncing back from our loss against West Bridgewater,” Murray said. “We all had each other’s backs out there today.”Murray and Schader each scored two rushing touchdowns to lift the Warriors to a convincing 34-12 victory over the Hawks on a chilly evening at Ronald F. Arieta Football Field at Hopewell Park.With the victory, C-C moves to 5-5 on the season. The five wins for the Warriors are the highest total since the 2008 season.“I think when we lost to Pope John II in the first round of the playoffs, it hit the kids hard,” C-C head coach Chris Pabst said. “I told the kids in the beginning of the week, we have two games left and we’re back at home. If we are to have any chance of playing well against Taunton High then we had to take care of business tonight against Southeastern. Southeastern is a good football team. Coach Tripp runs a classy program so hats off to them. They got us last year and I think we got back tonight.”Austin Medeiros also had a 60-yard interception return for a touchdown for the Warriors in the victory.Schader rushed for a game-high 114 yards for C-C, which gained nearly 250 yards of offense on the ground against Southeastern defense.“There was great blocking up front,” Schader said. “Our team put in a lot of work this week. I think we had our best week of practice of the year this week.”Hawks senior running back Kyle Burns went over the 1,000-yard mark on the season after rushing for a team-high 111 yards. He scored one of the two touchdowns of the night for Southeastern (5-5).The Hawks caught the first break of the night when Anhel Mancortes collected an interception off of a Murray pass on the Warriors’ opening drive. Southeastern put together a long drive inside C-C territory before punting the ball away. However, Jack Dailey blocked the attempt that gave the Warriors excellent field position at the Hawks 37.Two plays later, Murray swept around the left end and scored a 32-yard touchdown to give C-C the early lead. Murray then converted the two-point conversion.Southeastern had another long drive, but this time cashing in, when Burns punched it in from the one. The rushing attempt failed and the Warriors led 8-6.Schader put his stamp on the contest on the ensuing drive with his first rushing touchdown — a 46-yarder — that gave C-C a 14-6 lead with 4:14 left in the first half. Medeiros added the point after.Southeastern quarterback Ryan Kinney hooked up with Blaise Germano for a 57-yard touchdown play early in the third quarter that brought the Hawks closer at 15-12. But Schader scored on a 11-yard run to increase the Warriors lead to 21-12. Running back Nick Anderson, who was making his return to the lineup, had the big play on the drive — a 37-yard run.Medeiros picked off Kinney and returned the ball 60-yards for a touchdown that gave C-C a commanding 27-12 lead.“Austin [Medeiros] took the underneath route and then made a great athletic move at the end, jumping over that kid for a touchdown,” Pabst said. “Good for him.”Murray capped the scoring with a 30-yard run for a 34-12 lead with 4:36 left in the fourth quarter.“We didn’t make plays when we had too,” Southeastern head coach Dan Tripp said. “[Coyle] made the plays and moved the ball on offense. Defensively, we really couldn’t stop them. We had to rely on our offense to be our best defense. The kids were a little too loose at practice. I don’t know if it was contributed to the short work week. We just didn’t put it together this week and I know we’re a better team than we showed out there.”

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